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CVE-2021-44879
- Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2022-02-14 · updated 2026-10-14
- Weakness: CWE-476
Description
In gc_data_segment in fs/f2fs/gc.c in the Linux kernel before 5.16.3, special files are not considered, leading to a move_data_page NULL pointer dereference.
Affected products
- Linux kernel: before 5.16.3 — fixed in 5.16.3
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.16.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215231
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.3
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9056d6489f5a41cfbb67f719d2c0ce61ead72d9f
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.html
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-f2fs-devel/20211206144421.3735-3-chao%40kernel.org/T/
- https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=215231
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.3
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=9056d6489f5a41cfbb67f719d2c0ce61ead72d9f
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00004.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/01/msg00005.html
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-f2fs-devel/20211206144421.3735-3-chao%40kernel.org/T/
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